Job Description

You will provide a key role in supporting the delivery of business objectives. You’ll provide planning and analysis, accounting, reporting and costing support to inform decision making and drive financial performance.
Whether providing financial input into a new business case or closing the monthly accounts, accuracy, timeliness, collaboration and understanding of performance are essential.
The finance team is a large team with many diverse skillsets – we are committed to developing our team members from apprentices upwards.
Main purpose of the role:

• Provide planning, analysis, reporting and costing support to enable Project Managers to make informed decisions
• Prepare reports and variance analysis
• Build productive relationships with Project Managers and Senior Managers, and work with them to produce comprehensive budgets, forecasts and strategic plans
• Produce formal financial reports for Grants/Contracts, and liaise with auditors to ensure work completed is paid for
• Complete period end actions, ensuring that all journal actions have supporting documentation, are accurate and comply with our policy
• Work with the Capital Accountant to report accurately on Capital projects

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience in a management accountant or finance business partner role
• Highly proficient in Excel
• Experience of working closely with business teams in a business partner capacity
• Experience of an ERP accounting system
• At least part-qualified, qualified by experience, or working towards a qualification. in a relevant professional accounting body
• Have an appreciation of multi-funding control requirements
• Experience of project costing and forecasting
• Understand the principles of revenue recognition